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Holiday home-letting tax wrong, say Nats

Tuesday 7th of December 2004
"Councils should not be able to slap extra rates and charges on people who rent their homes out to holidaymakers," says National Party Local Government spokesman Nick Smith.

Dr Smith is responding to plans by the Queenstown Lakes District Council to require resource consents costing between $400 and $1800 for letting a home for less than three months, and a higher level of rates under...
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